Beethoven’s 9th earns standing ovation

“Tenor Lawrence Wiliford embodied the swirling outward drama of Schubert’s ‘Ganymed’ in intelligent nuances in tempo and fresh vocal characterization…At each of its moments, the quartet of soloists came through admirably in each of its notoriously thorny passages. Tenor Lawrence Wiliford was spirited at a tempo near the fast end of the spectrum.”